Seniors Get Vaccinated Thanks to Help From a Group of Marquette Students

A team of students at Marquette University have so far helped dozens of senior-age men and women in Wisconsin sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine, reports Spectrum News 1 . "I think the statistics are over 30 percent of seniors don't have access to technology and when vaccinations became available, it was predominantly through sign-ups on the Web," said Marquette Professor Kurt Gering, who organized the so-called Vaxx Squad. He conceived of the idea of having students help older adults book vaccine appointments as an assignment. One student had a connection at Wauwatosa Hart Park Senior Center, and Gering said, "we came up with a way for seniors to call into that center and pass along their information, which I pass along to the students." The Vaxx Squad started helping seniors at the center at the end of March. "We were noticing that seniors were reaching out to us having trouble scheduling vaccines for themselves," said senior center program coordinator Kristen Hecht.